**"Ancona"**—A French steamship that delivered an assortment of unnecessary goods instead of the required means of production and consumption.

7 Beloborodov A. G. — was chairman of the South-Eastern Economic Soviet, and M. I. Frumkin was his deputy (until May 1921).

8 Kaganovich P. K. in May 1921 replaced M. I. Frumkin in Rostov-on-Don as a plenipotentiary of the People's Commissariat of Food.

9 On June 3, the Council of Labor and Defense, having heard a report by Voikov on the execution of the SNK decree of March 24 regarding the provision of a commodity exchange fund to the South-Eastern Regional Economic Soviet, and a report by N. P. Bryukhanov on the expenditure of the commodity exchange fund, in particular in the South-East, created a commission consisting of L. M. Khinchuk, D. I. Kursky, and V. A. Smolyaninov to investigate the question of improper actions or non-execution of the Council of Labor and Defense decree of March 24 by the People's Commissariat of Foreign Trade. The commission was instructed: "Immediately undertake those measures which are absolutely necessary to ensure the commodity exchange operation in the South-East, including the provision of a gold fund. The gold which is deemed necessary to be transferred shall be credited to the sum of the 50-million fund designated by SNK decree for the commodity exchange fund."

10 See note 3.

11 Serebrovskii A. P. — was at this time chairman of Aznefti.

12 Rabinovich — an employee of the People's Commissariat of Foreign Trade.

13 Ordzhonikidze G. K. — was the responsible secretary of the Transcaucasian Regional Committee of the Russian Communist Party.

14 "Sosifros" — a Constantinople intermediary firm through which trading operations were conducted for some time.

15 Sammer I. A. — chairman of Vukosspilka, plenipotentiary of Ukrvneshtorg.